The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 540 - 311: Hearing of Tianlan Courtyard Again

Cultivators and demons are different; demons are naturally long-lived, while cultivators, in the end, often sever emotional ties and extinguish their desires. This is because aside from dual cultivation partners and a few Daoist friends, mortal relatives and friends will all pass away within a hundred years.

Witnessing one’s own family and friends gradually aging, ultimately turning to bones and ash, certainly distresses the heart. Thus, many cultivators, once they step onto the Immortal Path, sever worldly ties and cease interactions with the secular world, cutting off their emotions of yearning to avoid cultivating demonic obstacles in their hearts later on.

"You, are you still in contact with your original kin?"

"Indeed." He said only these two words, unwilling to speak further. Now that he is a bandit who comes and goes like the wind, he naturally needs to disguise his identity well. If it were ever leaked unintentionally, others might not catch him but could target his mortal kin instead. Although the unspoken rule in the Cultivation World is that family members should not be implicated by one’s crimes, who can guarantee that there aren’t a few individuals handling matters who like to break the rules?

These two words, however, made her admire him more. A man of feeling and righteousness is indeed appealing, it seems that this bandit isn’t entirely devoid of virtues. She pinched out a Daoist spell, and the flame beneath the furnace changed from pale purple to a ghastly white.

Fu Yunzhang had not yet spoken when He Lao, the sleazy old man who was named, happened to walk by. Seeing her alchemy fire, he exclaimed, "Young lady, are you using Xuanming Fire?"

His voice was not soft, and nearby people turned their heads upon hearing it. She did not enjoy being the center of attention and frowned, "What about it?" Fu Yunzhang, upon hearing the words "Xuanming Fire," also showed a trace of surprise.

In fact, she did not know that in the eyes of these bandits, her actions were already conspicuous enough. Ordinary Pill Masters engaging in alchemy would definitely need to use their own Magic Artifact Furnace, matured with True Fire, never acting as casually as her, nor daring to start the furnace with a mortal stove. How could these bandits’ Pill Masters be as distracted and talkative as her when they were deep in their alchemy?

She had always been studying the Alchemy Dao under Changtian’s supervision and had never stayed inside the Immortal Sect; she naturally did not know the intricacies required by others in alchemy. Thus, not having common knowledge can indeed be frightening.

"There are hundreds of types of alchemy fires in the world, and the Xuanming Fire ranks second, coming from the utmost yin yet baking out the nature of the utmost yang! Young lady, what do you think? Owning such a precious True Fire, even our Pill Master, known as a little genius, only uses Earth-extreme Yang Fire."

She blinked, revealing an innocent face: "Is that so? This was bestowed by my master, and initially, I was unaware of its origin." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

The listening Changtian coughed lightly and said, "The Xuanming Divine Fire is too domineering and difficult to collect, fortunate are those who hardly come across it, and one in a hundred might be able to incorporate it into their body without their Divine Soul being extinguished." For him to describe it as "not easy," it was indeed very difficult.

She suddenly understood. So it was indeed tough to accept this Divine Fire as True Fire, but she had incredibly good fortune being directly imbued with it from Changtian’s own Innate True Fire, a process without trauma or pain and risk-free.

Therefore, she added, "The collection process had some risks, but luckily, it was successful."

Someone then exclaimed, "The methods of Xuanji Sect are indeed extraordinary, even able to implant such Divine Fire as Xuanming Fire into a disciple."

What does this have to do with Xuanji Sect, isn’t it her own Changtian that’s amazing? However, she could only grumble inwardly, then responded with a smile. Now, everyone no longer doubted her Alchemy Skill, regarding her as a favored disciple that had fully received the true transmission, seeing her master so valued her to bestow Divine Fire. Though the young lady’s aura was ambiguous, not resembling a cultivator, every sect surely has its secret techniques, right?

Fu Yunzhang looked at her thoughtfully.

The Junyang Grass in the furnace had already been completely refined, producing a thick, blood-like dense juice, and it was about to be done. The door seam of the broken furnace was not tight enough, and everyone could smell the iron and blood-like odor coming out, thus believing she indeed was a Pill Master with extraordinary methods.

At that moment, several flying rainbows streaked across the sky, indicating that other members of the Bandit Gang were returning. A young woman around twenty hurriedly jumped down from a Magic Artifact and ran towards Fu Yunzhang’s area: "Brother Fu, I rushed back, I didn’t miss the appointed time... right?" The bandits along the way greeted her, showing that this young woman was well-liked in this small gang.